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Icons of Desire: Q&A Session

With Tim Mackie, joined by Lucy Peppiatt, Ben Blackwell, and Freddy Hedley
Teaching Day hosted by WTC Theology (2024)

In this extended Q&A from our teaching day Icons of Desire: Meditations on Genesis 1–3 and the Journey of Christian Maturity, Tim responds to audience questions and is joined by members of the WTC Theology faculty for further discussion.

Topics include:

• The tree of the knowledge of good and bad in Genesis 1–3
• The meaning of “tov” (good) in the Hebrew Bible
• Human desire and moral autonomy
• The image of God and Christian maturity
• How Jesus fulfils the human vocation introduced in Genesis

This conversation explores how the themes of Genesis 1–3 echo throughout the Hebrew Bible and into the New Testament, and how the biblical story shapes our understanding of wisdom, integrity, and formation in Christ.

If you’ve watched Sessions 1–3, this Q&A goes deeper into the questions many readers wrestle with when engaging the Garden of Eden narrative and the theme of desire in Scripture.

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Chapters
00:00 – Handling Diversity of Biblical Interpretations
07:55 – Who is the "Us" in Genesis 1:26? (Trinity & Divine Counsel)
18:08 – Day 4: Borrowed Goodness and the Role of Creation as a Sign
20:45 – Stunted Maturity: Is the "Fall" a Story of Lost Opportunity?
23:01 – Why Two Creation Stories? (The Art of Biblical Repetition)
28:00 – Panel Q&A: The Significance of "Not Touching" the Tree
38:40 – Death vs. Desire: Restoring the Image of God through Christ

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